This latest project of brothers Jason and Joe Denton is a slick, marble-clad room featuring the cuisine of northern Italy, with lots of creative on the part of chefs Eric Kleinman ('inoteca) Steve Connaughton (Lupa). Zoom in on the pastas for a wild ride of a meal, including osso buco agnolotti (stuffed squashed triangles in butter flavored with lemon rind), chard-and-cheese concesi (light as a cloud stuffed pasta), and borsotti (potato-stuffed buckwheat boxes). Get the picture? Go for the stuffed stuff! Among secondi, the tripe with polenta rules, and so do the sardines and roast chicken, the latter crisp skinned and sauced with its own rich liver. The wine list is strong on northern Italian bottles, some reasonably priced.

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